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In the Sky

Moon


Andrea Rivera

TM In on

In the Sky

Moon


Andrea Rivera

abdopublishing.com

Published by Abdo Zoom™, PO Box 598166, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55459. Copyright © 2017 by

Abdo Consulting Group, Inc. International copyrights reserved in all countries. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher. Abdo Zoom™ is a trademark and logo of Abdo Consulting Group, Inc.

Printed in the United States of America, North Mankato, Minnesota 102016

012017


Cover Photo: Shukaylova Zinaida/Shutterstock Images

Interior Photos: Shukaylova Zinaida/Shutterstock Images, 1; iStockphoto, 4-5, 6;

NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio, 5, 16-17; NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, 7; Shutterstock Images, 8, 9,

19, 21; Edwin E. Aldrin Jr./NASA, 10-11; Neil A. Armstrong/NASA, 11; NASA, 12, 15, 14-15, 18; Craig Rubadoux/ Florida Today/AP Images, 15;

Editor: Emily Temple

Series Designer: Madeline Berger Art Direction: Dorothy Toth

Publisher’s Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Rivera, Andrea, author. Title: Moon / by Andrea Rivera.

Description: Minneapolis, MN : Abdo Zoom, 2017. | Series: In the sky | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016948919 | ISBN 9781680799525 (lib. bdg.) |

ISBN 9781624025181 (ebook) | ISBN 9781624025747 (Read-to-me ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Moon--Juvenile literature.

Classification: DDC 525.5--dc25

LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016948919

Table of Contents

Science 4

Technology 8

Engineering 10

Art 14

Math 16

Key Stats 20

Glossary 22

Booklinks 23

Index 24

Science


Moons are round objects.


4

They orbit larger planets.

Moons can be different shapes, sizes, and colors.


5

Earth has one moon. It is about 4.5 billion years old. Scientists

believe a space object hit Earth. Pieces broke off.


6

The pieces connected years later.

They formed the Moon.


7

Technology


People first observed the moon in the early 1600s.

They used telescopes.


8


They drew maps of what they saw. New telescopes show the Moon more clearly.


9

Engineering


Humans first landed on the Moon in 1969.


10


The astronauts wore spacesuits. 11

The suits had many layers. Nothing could get inside.

12

A backpack held oxygen.

This let the astronauts breathe.


13

Art


The Moon is covered in large craters. These spots can make the Moon look like a face.


14

This has inspired many artists.


15

Math


The Moon orbits Earth each month.


16


It goes through eight phases.

Its shadow changes each time.


17



A full moon looks like a circle.


18


A crescent moon looks like the letter C.


19


Stats

Key


20


21

Glossary

astronaut - someone who travels to space.

crater - a dip in the ground shaped like a large bowl.

orbit - to travel around something, usually in an oval path.

phase - a regularly occurring stage of change.

telescope - an instrument that uses lenses, mirrors, or both to make faraway objects look closer.


22

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23

Index


astronauts, 11, 13

colors, 5

Earth, 6, 16

orbit, 5, 16

phases, 17

shapes, 5

sizes, 5

spacesuits, 11, 12

telescopes, 8, 9


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